Course Title: Transient Spaces: Participatory Media

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Transient Spaces: Participatory Media

Credit Points: 12

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
COMM2328	City Campus	Postgraduate	335H Applied Communication	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009
COMM2328	City Campus	Postgraduate	345H Media and Communication	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012
COMM2335	City Campus	Undergraduate	335H Applied Communication	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2008
COMM2335	City Campus	Undergraduate	345H Media and Communication	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2010

Course Coordinator: Dr Jenny Weight

Course Coordinator Phone: 99253022

Course Coordinator Email:jenny.weight@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment via email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None. 

Course Description

Communities in contemporary society have become very contested. Do they exist? What role do they serve? Why are they important? Can they exist on the Internet? In this course you will explore these issues through the making of a participatory documentary. You will investigate a community and the issues it faces, and present the resulting story using social media.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

In this course you will develop the following program capabilities: 

• critically analyse and respond to issues in networked media and approaches to understanding and developing innovative media;
• develop a sense of the evolutionary nature of the mediascape and learn techniques for coping with this;
• reflect on the nature of a socially-engaged media practice; and
• communicate knowledge through situating practice in the context of theory and appropriate content outcomes.
  
  

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

• identify and evaluate links between digital literacy and networked research skills;
• design and develop your own approach to networked documentary;and
• compare and contrast creative approaches to relevant sectors of the mediascape.

Overview of Learning Activities

The course will take a blended approach in its delivery with learning activities that involves a range of activities including lectures, tutorials, group and online class discussion, group activities, peer review and individual research.

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources.You will be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program capabilities.

Assessment will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of your learning. You will be able to develop your work in relation to your own specific areas of interest in your professional practice.

Assessment will occur during the course and at the end of the course. Methods may include any combination of assessment tasks such as reports, reflective papers, group work and presentations.

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.

An assessment charter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced in a single document.